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he told us his and his june 2009 speech in cairo that the middle east and muslim world have been the victims of the west. victims of colonialism. victims in the cold war. victims and the world of terror. now he will come in and changed everything. no more war on terror. no more assertive u.s. president and that should change the relationship of the muslim world to the united states. i guess that has not worked. he has not gotten over that yet. it shows when you had that distorted view of the world why it is impossible to formulate policies that effectively protect american interests or even american diplomats. lou: the president was rather condescending when talking with the anchors at the town hall meeting as he explained the balance of the checks and balances of american government. where is congress, where is the oversight here, bob, when it comes to foreign policy and what is transpiring and, for that matter, where is governor romney? >> we certainly would like to hear a strong rebuttal to this. yesterday the senate committee heard from the fbi director and the director of counte
he told us his and his june 2009 speech in cairo that the middle east and muslim world have been the victims of the west. victims of colonialism. victims in the cold war. victims and the world of terror. now he will come in and changed everything. no more war on terror. no more assertive u.s. president and that should change the relationship of the muslim world to the united states. i guess that has not worked. he has not gotten over that yet. it shows when you had that distorted view of the...
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there are foreigners on the walls of our embassy in cairo. we need a strong american response or they will be there, again, not just on the walls but over the walls next time. lou: this is, a strange moment in our history. it's a strange event on a day that, in which we commemorate those we lost and those attacks. and this administration has taken a posture that they have to know first of all is wrong. politically this could, politically this is absolutely damaging to his re-election efforts. >> depends how you feel about israel. and i think this is a real mark of where the president really is. for precisely the reason you say, politically you would say, of course i will see prime minister netanyahu. yet he is rejecting even that. that shows the depth of disdain he holds for that country. lou: very quickly. netanyahu is talking very strongly though. >> he was. lou: talking about red lines. i have to tell you, netanyahu needs to mind his manners in very, very serious -- >> i think that is what the administration was responding to. my understan
there are foreigners on the walls of our embassy in cairo. we need a strong american response or they will be there, again, not just on the walls but over the walls next time. lou: this is, a strange moment in our history. it's a strange event on a day that, in which we commemorate those we lost and those attacks. and this administration has taken a posture that they have to know first of all is wrong. politically this could, politically this is absolutely damaging to his re-election efforts....
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embassy on cairo. as republicans try to lay blame right at the doorstep of the oval office. >> it is about to explode. the american disengagement, lack of leadership, leaving from behind, leading to uncertainty and doubt on all fronts. >> in the rose garden, the president tried to stay above the fray, ignoring the attacks from mitt romney and other republicans. >> security personnel fought back the attackers alongside americans. they help some of our diplomats find safety and they carried christopher stevens's body to the hospital where he tragically had died. reporter: that power could be undermined by the fact that there are reports that after ambassador christopher stevens was moved to a second building considered more safe, libyan security forces allegedly tipped protesters off to his whereabouts, leading to the murder. the ambassador thought he may have been dragged into the street. the u.s. officials are investigating whether a pro-al qaeda do, al qaeda group -- where al-zawahiri insides another
embassy on cairo. as republicans try to lay blame right at the doorstep of the oval office. >> it is about to explode. the american disengagement, lack of leadership, leaving from behind, leading to uncertainty and doubt on all fronts. >> in the rose garden, the president tried to stay above the fray, ignoring the attacks from mitt romney and other republicans. >> security personnel fought back the attackers alongside americans. they help some of our diplomats find safety and...
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i am told that he did not agree to that shetion went to cairo, where the one thing she did achieve is she got the egyptian president, mohamed morsi to be the address if hamas breaks the ceasefire and begins firing rockets into israel again, that egypt will be responsible, and will be held responsibility, they have taken responsibility, but this is a verbal agreement, this is not a written agreement, there is no implementation mechanism in place, this is really just a cooling-off period. to see if negotiators can really get at the root issues that are the smuggling tunnels for weapons coming in to the gaza strip, many from iran and the sinai desert, and whether hamas will be disarmed in the end. lou: the stubborn choice for both, palestinians and the israelis, the right to govern themselves, versus the right assurance guaranteed security. how surprising is it, to you, that israel would agree to this ceasefire on the same day a bomb goes off in tel aviv? >> well, it was quite surprising to me, lou, last time there was a terror attack in tel tel avivs who, 006, was in 2006, i remember, i
i am told that he did not agree to that shetion went to cairo, where the one thing she did achieve is she got the egyptian president, mohamed morsi to be the address if hamas breaks the ceasefire and begins firing rockets into israel again, that egypt will be responsible, and will be held responsibility, they have taken responsibility, but this is a verbal agreement, this is not a written agreement, there is no implementation mechanism in place, this is really just a cooling-off period. to see...
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. >> one of the motivations may very well be either the video, the response to the video in cairo, and, certainly, that's not ruled out. >> fox news has confirmed the decision to shut down the cia annex was made in the early morning hours of september 12th after it took indirect fire, and while the annex was cleared of classified material and equipment in less than ten hours, the consulate less than a mile away has never been secured, lou. lou: we hear very little about who made the decision not to respond with military, para-military forces to support, and perhaps save, four americans who were killed in the attacks. >> well, here privately on capital hill from lawmakers, they wondered if the president meant there were not the assets available in the mediterranean to respond quickly. what we're seeing in the next few weeks, soon with open hearings the public can watch on capital hill, is a refocusing on this -- this -- this military response, pardon me, and then also the security failure before the attack and culpability of the state department because there was multiple warning and ca
. >> one of the motivations may very well be either the video, the response to the video in cairo, and, certainly, that's not ruled out. >> fox news has confirmed the decision to shut down the cia annex was made in the early morning hours of september 12th after it took indirect fire, and while the annex was cleared of classified material and equipment in less than ten hours, the consulate less than a mile away has never been secured, lou. lou: we hear very little about who made the...
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the countries request for a almost $5 billion loan as thousands of protesters took to the streets in cairo again today in terrier scared to come to rear square. masked gunmen fired on protesters. at least nine people were wounded. joining us now, president of the foundation for the defense of democracies, clifford make a mock bank -- frank gaffney, founder and president for the center for security policy. let me start, cliff, if i may, with you. what is going on with president more see in egypt. to what degree can we rely on him as a friend in the region. your assessment? >> i think he has made a strategic retreat, but not enough. i think he is planning to use the draft constitution to give himself the power to my was a dictatorial powers that. lou. i think we have to be very careful. i don't think it's likely that a muslim brotherhood president of egypt is going to participate in a pluralistic democracy. we have seen muslim brotherhood figures come to power through the ballot box. they're happy to do that. we have yet to see one leave power through the ballot box. until we do, it's only a
the countries request for a almost $5 billion loan as thousands of protesters took to the streets in cairo again today in terrier scared to come to rear square. masked gunmen fired on protesters. at least nine people were wounded. joining us now, president of the foundation for the defense of democracies, clifford make a mock bank -- frank gaffney, founder and president for the center for security policy. let me start, cliff, if i may, with you. what is going on with president more see in...
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premeditated attack.th what happened initially was a spontaneous action to what had just transpired in cairo as a consequence of the video. lou: she said nobody is blameless. joining us now, fox news middlen east analyst. it is great to have you with us. your reaction first to her claim she did not misrepresent, did not lie about what happened in benghazi. >> she may be mistaking the version of national security given to her is well defined in the sense she said what she had to say, she did not commit a lie with the american public knowing it did, but on the other handinw there was an assessment made in washington prior to that the next few hours clearly this was a terrorist attack by armed people. in between those two there's a political decision not to tell the truth as to what happened for political reasons. that is something the ambassador cannothe get out of because thee will be an analysis look at everything tt has happenedi before and that is not sometng that will change the decision be congress. lou: i know in washington, d.c., there is a view strongly held by many that a parallel vi
premeditated attack.th what happened initially was a spontaneous action to what had just transpired in cairo as a consequence of the video. lou: she said nobody is blameless. joining us now, fox news middlen east analyst. it is great to have you with us. your reaction first to her claim she did not misrepresent, did not lie about what happened in benghazi. >> she may be mistaking the version of national security given to her is well defined in the sense she said what she had to say, she...
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the new york times bureau chief in cairo, david kirkpatrick insting th the muslim brotherhood s not, and i do ," not violent by nature and have come over the last couple of decades, you off me and mor into a moderate conservative but religious moderate regular old political frce. well, joining us now is jonathan chancellor, former counter-terrorism analyst, current vice president of research for the foundation for defense of democracy, and it is good to have you with us. your eaction to kirkpatrick's descriptio. >> let me first say that the brotherhood, when it was ounded did have a violent army, and that was one of the reasons why the egyptian government ended up railroading get out of the political system. over time the brotherhood has vowed to be a nonviolent organizations over the last several decades. -- lou: i am going to beg you for something because we're really pushed for tim >> yes,. lou: if you wil, was history and more in your judgment. >> sure. bottom line is thathe brother is the cornerstone of every violent organization that we see up there today. and so it may not act
the new york times bureau chief in cairo, david kirkpatrick insting th the muslim brotherhood s not, and i do ," not violent by nature and have come over the last couple of decades, you off me and mor into a moderate conservative but religious moderate regular old political frce. well, joining us now is jonathan chancellor, former counter-terrorism analyst, current vice president of research for the foundation for defense of democracy, and it is good to have you with us. your eaction to...
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intelligence community, to assess the attack began spontaneous following protests earlier that day in cairo. we provided the initial assessment to executive branch officials. as we learned more, we revised the initial assessment to reflect new information indicating that it was a deliberate and organized terrorist attack. administration officials, including ambassador susan rice, stated that benghazi was a demonstration prompted by the video clip that spun out of crock. fox news, first to report, there was no ongoing demonstration at the consulate when the attack unfolded. the rso who worked for the state department in the middle east tells fox that the u.s. consulate in benghazi had to be classified as a, quote, "critical threat, terrorism, or civil unrest posting," and what fall follows the classification are specific security requirements including reenforced windows and doors. grading is only acceptable for the ambassador residents and not where official business is done. as for the perimeter security, walls have to be three meters in height and buildings set back 100 feet. the enhanced
intelligence community, to assess the attack began spontaneous following protests earlier that day in cairo. we provided the initial assessment to executive branch officials. as we learned more, we revised the initial assessment to reflect new information indicating that it was a deliberate and organized terrorist attack. administration officials, including ambassador susan rice, stated that benghazi was a demonstration prompted by the video clip that spun out of crock. fox news, first to...
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number of people came to the embassy were to the consulate to replicate the challenge that was posed in cairo, and as that unfolded, to have been hijacked by some individual extremists who came with heavier weapons, weapons, that as you know, in the wake of the revolution in libya are quite common and accessible. and it evolves from there. lou: can you divine in any way by a top ranking official, the obama administration would straightforwardly, emphatically assert statements that are utterly untrue, and they have no founding of being true? >> my senses from the outside is that they are circling the wagons. they were circling the wagons to protect the president obama's national security credentials, which he basing on his counterterrorism operations, including the killing of osama bin laden. i think that they did want it to be a terror attack, even if they had a sense that might be a week ago i said it sounded like a sophisticated terror attack against the benghazi consulate. i think they were trying to protect and not allowed to be called a terrorist attack in just a matter of spontaneity an
number of people came to the embassy were to the consulate to replicate the challenge that was posed in cairo, and as that unfolded, to have been hijacked by some individual extremists who came with heavier weapons, weapons, that as you know, in the wake of the revolution in libya are quite common and accessible. and it evolves from there. lou: can you divine in any way by a top ranking official, the obama administration would straightforwardly, emphatically assert statements that are utterly...
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lou: first, it was a result, a consequence of the actions in cairo in which our embassy's walls were scaled, the american flag taken down and then the murder of a u.s. ambassador which we now learn from intelligence sources in libya, again, eyewitnesses in libya, that this was an attack, an assassination. >> righters of american citizens in that consulate which was undefended, a safe house that wasn't. >> right you about we should not have expected anything else. do you know that benghazi, which was not something that was spoken of much during the libya war which president obama jumped into unprovoked by any libyan regime action against the united states. libya sent more jihadists per capita to iraq to fight against american soldiers in a terrorist war than any other country in the world. and benghazi was the capital of jihadism in libya. they had every reason to know that that is, that not only has been one of the most dangerous regions in the world for the united states, it is a more dangerous region now because they have the arsenals that muammar qaddafi used to have under lock an
lou: first, it was a result, a consequence of the actions in cairo in which our embassy's walls were scaled, the american flag taken down and then the murder of a u.s. ambassador which we now learn from intelligence sources in libya, again, eyewitnesses in libya, that this was an attack, an assassination. >> righters of american citizens in that consulate which was undefended, a safe house that wasn't. >> right you about we should not have expected anything else. do you know that...
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that would have been initially, it was a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired in cairo. as a consequence of the video. lou: the libyan interim president talks about the event in the way in which they unfolded in benghazi and why. he believes foreign al qaeda fighters have been pouring into libya since the revolution began, and that the attack against the ambassador and the consulate was carefully plotted to occur on the anniversary of september 11. >> i think we have chose the specific dates of the so-called demonstration. i think this leaves us with no doubt that this is a pre-planned to determine. >> witnesses and intelligence sources on the ground, in benghazi, telling fox's the basalt and with no warning and came in two ways. the first wave of attackers with rocket propelled grenades. a second wave of the assault, going after the motorcade of the american personnel who were evacuating the consulate. meanwhile, the obama administration remains intent on blaming an anti-muslim movie, rather than taking responsibility for what transpired. president obama placed the blam
that would have been initially, it was a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired in cairo. as a consequence of the video. lou: the libyan interim president talks about the event in the way in which they unfolded in benghazi and why. he believes foreign al qaeda fighters have been pouring into libya since the revolution began, and that the attack against the ambassador and the consulate was carefully plotted to occur on the anniversary of september 11. >> i think we have chose the...
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zero heartbur ♪ lou: protests in cairo turning violentoday. the president dictatorshi under threat. at least 100,000 egyptis broke througpolice lines andi and dates to reach the presidential palace before they wereforced back riot police with batons and teargs. demonstrations sgnaling momentum, of course, for the opposition which brought out at least 20,000 proteers last week. that rivals the eevels of protest back in the so-called arab spring, february of 011, en president hni mubarak was ousted. well, joiningus now, colonel oliver north, fox is mlitary analyst,ost of wr stories, author of a terric cllection of stories, new york times be-seller, euros proved. great to have you withus. congratulations on the book. >> thank you. lou: want g to that njust a moment. i want to get yo rection to what we're watching take place and to that -- t rear square at the presidentia palace in egypt. >> here is the good nws. there are 100,000 people left in ypt who want to protest a diatorship of sharia which is what we're going to see with te muslim brotherhood backi more cy and his regime ad his
zero heartbur ♪ lou: protests in cairo turning violentoday. the president dictatorshi under threat. at least 100,000 egyptis broke througpolice lines andi and dates to reach the presidential palace before they wereforced back riot police with batons and teargs. demonstrations sgnaling momentum, of course, for the opposition which brought out at least 20,000 proteers last week. that rivals the eevels of protest back in the so-called arab spring, february of 011, en president hni mubarak was...
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clinton then departs from cairo to meet with egyptian president allegedly trying to broker a deal between israel and hamas, more than likely looking to preserve billions of dollars in u.s. aid to is nation. president obama has requested more than one half million in congress. tonight we will examine the parameters of any so-called israeli gaza peace deal and the real possibility that such a deal has in essence been stuck as -- struck already. been kept officially on hold until the obama administration could take some of the credit. some of the brightest minds in the business. john bolton, fox middle east affairs analyst. in other major developments tonight, the world's most important banker doing well street investors no favors real acquainting them instead with the scary parts of the fiscal cliff story. the federal reserve chairman spooking investors saying that the bank would not have infinite ability to address the fallout from the failure to avoid going over the so-called fiscal cliff. the dow jones industrial today losing seven points, s&p, nasdaq up fractionally. president obama ret
clinton then departs from cairo to meet with egyptian president allegedly trying to broker a deal between israel and hamas, more than likely looking to preserve billions of dollars in u.s. aid to is nation. president obama has requested more than one half million in congress. tonight we will examine the parameters of any so-called israeli gaza peace deal and the real possibility that such a deal has in essence been stuck as -- struck already. been kept officially on hold until the obama...
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that would have been initially was a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired in cairo, egypt. as a consequence of the video. >> as she said, no one has been blameless. joining us now is the fox news middle east analyst. it is great to have you with us. what is your reaction first to her claim that she did not misrepresent and did not, if you will, lie about what happened in benghazi? >> she may be stating that the diversion of national security and the version given to her -- she said she did not commit a live with the american public knowing that it is. on the other hand, there was an assessment made in washington prior to that, the next two hours after the attack, saying clearly that this was a terrorist attack by armed people. in between the two, there is a political decision not to tell the truth as to what happened for political reasons. that is something that the ambassador cannot get out of. it would be in and also looking at everything that has happened before. it would have been in congress, and that is not something that's going to change the decision by congress. l
that would have been initially was a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired in cairo, egypt. as a consequence of the video. >> as she said, no one has been blameless. joining us now is the fox news middle east analyst. it is great to have you with us. what is your reaction first to her claim that she did not misrepresent and did not, if you will, lie about what happened in benghazi? >> she may be stating that the diversion of national security and the version given to her...
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what happened initially was it was a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired in cairo. as a consequence of the video. lou: ambassador rice made nearly identical false statements to four other networks the very same morning. three days later on the 19th of september the national counter-terrorism center director, matthew olson, told the senate homeland committee the attack on our diplomatic post in benghazi last week that took the lives of four americans including ambassador stevens is proof that acts of terror and violence continued to threaten our citizens and interests around the world. why would president obama go in front of the united nations general assembly the following tuesday, september 205th and then blame the benghazi incident on the youtube video yet again if he already knew the incident had been incited by an offshoot of al qaeda in libya. >> the speech thajustifies mindless violence. [applause] there are no words that excuse the killing of incidence. no video that justifies an attack on an embassy. lou: why didn't anyone on the president's national securi
what happened initially was it was a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired in cairo. as a consequence of the video. lou: ambassador rice made nearly identical false statements to four other networks the very same morning. three days later on the 19th of september the national counter-terrorism center director, matthew olson, told the senate homeland committee the attack on our diplomatic post in benghazi last week that took the lives of four americans including ambassador stevens is...